Тень парфюмера. По ту сторону морали

Neobyknovennyĭ uspekh, kotoryĭ neskolʹko let nazad vypal na doli͡u knigi P. Zi͡uskinda "Parfi͡umer" i filʹma, sni͡atogo po ee motivam, stal povodom k izdanii͡u ėtoĭ knigi. Sobstvenno, zhutkai͡a istorii͡a manʹi͡aka-izobretateli͡a dostatochno shiroko rasprostranena v literature "uzhasov" i filʹmakh sootvetstvui͡ushchego napravlenii͡a, tak chto mozhno bylo by ne podvoditʹ filosofskui͡u bazu pod ocherednoĭ triller-bestseller, no kniga Zi͡uskinda vse zhe soderzhit ri͡ad voprosov, trebui͡ushchikh osmyslenii͡a. V chem prichina fenomenalʹnogo uspekha "Parfi͡umera", pochemu on ponravilsi͡a millionam chitateleĭ i zriteleĭ? Kakie taĭny chelovecheskoĭ dushi on otrazil, kakie storony obshchestvennoĭ zhizni zatronul? Otvety na ėti voprosy mozhno naĭti v trudakh filosofov M. Blansho, V. Zombarta, Ė. Kanetti, napisannykh, kak ni stranno, zadolgo do poi͡avlenii͡a proizvedenii͡a P. Zi͡uskinda.

The extraordinary success that befell P. Suskind's book "The Perfumer" and the film based on it a few years ago became the reason for the publication of this book. Actually, the creepy story of the maniac inventor is quite widespread in the literature of "horror" and films of the corresponding direction, so it would be possible not to bring the philosophical basis for another best-selling thriller, but Suskind's book still contains a number of issues that require reflection. What is the reason for the phenomenal success of "Perfumer", why did millions of readers and viewers like it? What secrets of the human soul did he reflect, what aspects of public life did he touch upon? The answers to these questions can be found in the works of the philosophers M. Blanchot, W. Sombart, E. Canetti, written, oddly enough, long before the appearance of the work of P. Suskind.